Turn 141, 250AD

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Arrian
I have no problem with getting a few more pikes up on the mtns by Pamp, so we cover it better. Do we have the pikes to spare, though?

-Arrian

I think we would. we have a contingent of units between pamplona and toledo towards the north that are fairly distant from the fronts, hmm.

[notyoueither]

Right, what is up this turn? Not bad, btw... 6 units complete and our GPT went up slightly.

[notyoueither]

Is anyone around? Should we hold over night and do this tomorrow afternoon?

[Theseus]

I will be around this afternoon.

[nbarclay]

We rushed a courthouse in Elipolis a long time ago and had it moving toward a possible FP until it was switched to a horseman (which it just finished). The city is generating two shields per turn right now, or could go up to four per turn if we move two laborers onto hills and stop growth. At size six, it should reach six shields per turn. If we want to focus on a FP, the best thing would probably be to max its production and add workers as soon as practical. (Note that Elipolis 7-7 still needs to be irrigated.) We'd be looking at a bit over 30 turns to finish the project, with exactly how much over depending on how quickly we add workers.

[asleepathewheel]

What is the targeted amount of upgradeable units?

right now we have:

2 warriors
5 spears
3 horses
6 war chariots

Next turn we will have built:
2 horses
2 spears

Turn after that:
3 war chariots
1 warrior
3 spears
2 horses

For a grand total (estimated) of:
3 warriors
10 spears
7 horses
9 war chariots

I have no clue the amount that would take alone, but it would be a significant chunk of our cash on hand. We have 1218 gold and gaining 164 a turn.

Whatever we do, I think we need those units upgraded and over to toledo within 5 turns from now, as shortly after that we can expect the recently upgraded rider army to arrive from the north.


other things:
should we move units to eliminate that nd mi toledo 999. I don't like him being able to spy on us from there, and would provide a good look out for us. Would love to have a road leading there and have quite a few knights up there. to prevent GoW from doing what they did last time.

I really think that they are going to move troops down the west coast this time, as the relations with ND have solidified and the roads are better, leading them to alamo without being seen.

What are the plans for our divisions on bob? where is the stealth settler going? I assume to where valenicia was, around the spices?

[notyoueither]

The discussion of the building in Elipolis is for a Palace, correct? We already have an FP. How could we build another one?

Also, in a worst case scenario... would we want to install RP in Estonia (the land north of Elipolis)? If we do, do we want that palace move?

OTOH, we could begin a palace, and bail to a wonder if RP has to be granted land.

A palace is 436 turns from now at 2spt. At 6spt it would be about 150 turns.

Or, am I missing something?

[notyoueither]

3 warriors x 60
10 spears x 20
7 horses x 80
9 war chariots x 100

1840 gold, right there.

[notyoueither]

If we use the three workers for a road on the hill at Barca 4 4 1, we can cut the road at Barca 8 9 on the 3rd turn following this one.

[notyoueither]

Military: What do you want to do, Theseus?

[Shiber]

I would like to kill ND's medinf that is looking over the area of Toledo. We can move in two medinfs covered by a pike - this would grant us a chance of 84.5%, if I'm not mistaken, to kill ND's medinf with either our first or second medinf, and it's almost 50:50 that we'll kill ND's medinf with the first medinf.

[Shiber]

Btw, I support the idea of roading up to that mountain after we take it from ND, and I would like to see us rebuild Valencia.

[notyoueither]

In a couple of turns, we can approach with 3 MI's. We only have to wait for some healing, and the return of the barb hunter.

[Theseus]

Give me a little bit to load up the save... where was Valencia again?

[notyoueither]

Valencia is the pile of rubble on the river just south of our armies in the Barca area.

That settler was intended, by me, to be a forward post near Alamo and Merida.